Qasimi blamed Islamophobia for the attack, saying: "This guy was extreme right wing, trying to kill Muslims because they are Muslims". A senior terrorism official at the Metropolitan Police has since declared that the incident is being treated as a terrorist attack.

The Finsbury Park mosque was associated with extremist ideology for several years after the 9/11 attacks in the United States, but was shut down and reorganized.

A witness, who gave his name as Adil Rana, said the attacker tried to taunt onlookers as he was arrested.

GRANT STINCHFIELD (HOST): I was going to first ask you about the maybe attack in London, where again we had a van drive through folks it appears, in front of a mosque. "Some of them were very bad".

The use of a vehicle to mow down pedestrians drew horrifying parallels with the London Bridge attack, when three men drove a van into pedestrians before embarking on a stabbing spree, as well as with another auto and knife rampage in Westminster in March.

"I would like to particularly thank our Imam Mohammed Mahmoud, whose bravery and courage helped calm the immediate situation after the incident and prevented further injuries and potential loss of life", the Muslim Welfare House said in a statement after the incident.

British Security Minister Ben Wallace said the man who drove the van into worshippers was not previously known to authorities for any links to extremism. "All my thoughts are with the victims, their families and the emergency services on the scene".

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More than $1 million has been raised for Congressional Sports for Charity so far, the game's organizers announced. Scalise is said to be somewhat responding to medical staff and family, according to the doctors.

He said once there was sufficient progress on those, the talks would start looking at the EU's new relationship with Britain . The comments came as a poll revealed that Labour voters overwhelmingly support the softest possible Brexit deal.

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